Mindfirst President, Henry Vehovec, will speak at the bioFinance conference being held at Toronto Marriott Eaton Centre, April 28-30, 2009. Mr. Vehovec is scheduled to speak during the session titled “Alternate Sources of Capital” at 9:00 am on April 30. A full program agenda may be obtained by clicking on the following link bioFinance [...]
Toronto’s Cleantech Angel Network (CAN) will be launching their inaugural event on April 22, 2009. James Black, CAN’s Group Administrator, informed Mindfirst that a short list slate of candidate companies has been identified and qualified angel investors are being invited to participate. Formation of the group was supported by National Angel Capital Organization (NACO), the [...]
The following is excerpted from the SDTC news release:
Mississauga, March 6, 2009 – The Canadian economy became cleaner today as 16 new projects that develop and demonstrate emerging clean technologies were awarded $53 million. The announcement, confirming the decision of the Board of Directors of Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC), was made today by [...]
Toronto, Ontario, February 17, 2009. A groundbreaking Report on Ontario’s clean technology industry was released today. This first ever study, done by OCETA and the Russell-Mitchell Group, in collaboration with Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) and the Ontario Government, found that Ontario’s clean technology industry is poised for growth, and is comprised of companies that [...]
Mindfirst President Henry Vehovec announced today the launch of an intern program that will help Mindfirst clients develop sustainability strategies for their businesses. Mindfirst clients will be able to develop and deploy leading edge processes and methodologies at economical rates priced for growing businesses in turbulent economic times. In return, the interns will gain real [...]
On October 16, 2008 at the TSX/SDTC Cleantech Investor Day at the Toronto Stock Exchange, SDTC announced their Leveraged Entrepreneur In Residence Program (L-EIR). On November 19, 2008 the USA Department of Energy (DOE) announced an expansion of their Entrepreneur in Residence Program (EIR). In both instances it is clear that the agencies believe entrepreneurs [...]
